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Rhymes With Camera's avatar

thank you for this, I'm planning my "hedge" for 2025 and while I have yellow, white, and red coneflowers in the yard, I don't have the classic purple. I'm building a crossroads garden next year and this will be part of that new landscape. Have a great break this winter!

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Amy Walsh's avatar

Wonderful! I hope they bring some beauty and healing to your home.

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Logan Darrow's avatar

Very interesting! I planted three echinaceas in my garden a couple of months ago.

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Amy Walsh's avatar

Wonderful! They’re pretty hardy, I hope they thrive.

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J B's avatar

Thank you for always reminding me to recognize all forms of knowing. My childhood chiropractor did that too. She would recommend echinacea for respiratory infections (as well as simmered milk onion “tea” for chest congestion and foot reflexology/foot soaks in mustard water for all illnesses) so that drew me to read this post right away.

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Amy Walsh's avatar

Thank you! I’ve been thinking quite a bit about how magic is really just the inexplicable and how we’ve come to dismiss things as untrue simply because we can’t explain them (like how these remedies work)

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Bev Jo's avatar

This is wonderful information! Thank you! I don't have access to plants directly usually so use tinctures and for years thought Echinacea angustifolia was the best species for fighting viruses and bacterial infections, but it's almost impossible to get now and it seems that the companies that sell herbs and tinctures are only using E. purpurea. I tried it for a while but thought it didn't work as well and that maybe it's cheaper for the companies and could be why E. angustifolia seems to have disappeared in tinctures and other mixtures. Do you know? I'd love it if E. purpurea was as good. I love the Echinacea taste too, but have only met the live herb in Botanical Gardens. Beautiful.

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Amy Walsh's avatar

I did find one source that said angustalifolia had higher concentration of medicine, but didn't see it replicated other places. I'm not sure why it fell out of favor. In my area, purpurea is much more bountiful and I think angustifolia may be endangered and threatened in more regions.

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Bev Jo's avatar

Thank you. That could explain it. I hadn't thought E. purpurea did anything in terms of healing, but I'll try again. Worrying about E. angustifolia. I wish I could see it here!

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